[Mister Dave]

FCA Claims It’s Going After Tesla With Future Lineup

Performance, not eco-friendliness, might be the biggest EV selling point in the future

Everyone "goes after Tesla" to get clicks. Maserati would be aiming low IRL.

 

[Steverino]

Future, as in some time at an unspecified date. 2020?

 

[Mister Dave]

Future, as in some time at an unspecified date. 2020?

Right after VW would be my guess.

 

[Raymondjram]

That is too much for me and the common laypersons that make up the 'bread and butter" of car sales. The Chevy Corvette sells less models than the Volt, but its high price doesn't help that much with profits, so Chevy sells 100 Cruse models per Corvette and makes money. And the Bolt EV may be more of the layperson's EV but it will make money for GM.

I also know that GM isn't ignoring the high performance EV market, and has at least two electric Corvette "mules" running around since they did copyright the "E-Ray" model name. Just like they did for the Bolt EV, they will present the "E-Ray" to the public when they have the real hardware ready, not "vaporware" or just concept cars as FCA and others are doing.

 

[sosmerc]

I really like the idea of GM introducing a killer E-Ray. If it can match the performance of the competition and can be sold profitably at a reasonable price....it will go a long way to restoring GM's reputation. Performance sells.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Future, as in some time at an unspecified date. 2020?

It's 2019 to 2021, depending on the rules with which they're trying to comply.

 

[JRRF]

"Going after Tesla" is just the standard refrain for anyone pursuing the EV market. Making an EV is not really that hard for anyone that already has car manufacturing capabilities. There are no technological breakthroughs necessary. When they want to do it, they will.

I still can't figure out why Chevy hasn't announced plans to put EV or ICE propulsion in just about every vehicle they offer. They have to move some things around in each car, but that's about it. My sense is it's all about marketing.

 

[timoshev]

IMHO the 200,000 threshold has been a big negative influence on GM's EV marketing plan. Too bad, as they have lost so many sales due to purposefully restricted supply (apparently) or lack of advertising (which may be an attempt to limit program losses-but that's a vicious circle, I think.